Ex-Rite Aid Executive Brown
To Remain Free Pending Appeal

A federal judge delayed the surrender to prison authorities of former Rite Aid Corp. Vice Chairman Franklin Brown today, citing uncertainty over the constitutionality of federal sentencing guidelines in the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Mr. Brown had been scheduled to begin a 10-year prison sentence Dec. 13, after being convicted of conspiracy, obstructing a grand jury investigation, and other charges in connection with...